Obesity

Bringing a child into the world is the greatest joy in the history of a couple, and although it is most common to have a child between our second and fourth decade, there are occasions when the miracle of life can surprise us in old age. That was the case with Argentinean doctor Alberto Cormillot, who married a woman 48 years younger than him and became a father at the age of 83.

How much sleep you get may be just as important as exercise and what you eat. If you don’t get the necessary sleep your body requires, your brain will search for energy elsewhere, such as high-calorie foods and sugars. There are 2 hormones that control your appetite, one of which is known as the hunger hormone (ghrelin), and the other, as the fullness hormone (leptin). These 2 buddies are there to balance out your cravings, but lack of sleep makes them unbalanced.

Most of us remember those movies where the perfect families eat breakfast together. Turns out we should do this too and not because it used to be an old tradition. In fact, eating together has multiple benefits for kids. A family meal can fix almost anything (maybe not straight away, but it will definitely bring them benefits later).

Everybody enjoys eating chocolate from time to time and making a warm cocoa drink, but few realize the substantial health benefits that cocoa provides for the body. Cocoa is a powder made from its seeds by crushing them and removing the fat. It was first used by the Mayans and later introduced to Europe, where it was used as medicine in those times. It’s time we reverse the old into the new and use cocoa as a medicine today as well.

We can all probably remember a time when we’d fall asleep with the lights on when we were children. It was the only way to protect ourselves from the closet monsters. What’s more, some adults might prefer to leave the lights on as well, and not because of darkness. But it turns out that the real danger has been hiding in the lights all this time.

Weight-loss TV shows are not just good entertainment for many viewers, but also a nice example of how people can reassess their lives. However, the methods used in these shows that allow the participants to achieve their amazing results are often criticized. They say that a strict diet and extreme physical exercise are done just to impress viewers and that they actually lead to bigger weight gain in the future.

Parents often complain that their children eat like birds, a little bit here and there, but they rarely finish all their food. While families play a major role in kids’ eating behavior, it’s important not to make mistakes that will negatively influence your children. And while every third family pressures their kids to eat, it’s time to ditch the classic notion of “the more the better.”

Around 91% of American women are not satisfied with the shape of their bodies, and only 5% actually possess the so-called perfect body shape promoted by the media. Meanwhile, body positivity, the movement intended to promote a positive body image, is often severely criticized in promoting health issues like obesity.

We spend one-third of our life, sleeping, or attempting to fall asleep. And yet, the statistics say that every third adult in the US doesn’t get enough sleep. That’s a lot of tired people! The time when we are in dreamland is crucial for our brain, which recharges our health, and even our beauty. This problem could be easily solved if we would just go to bed at a certain time.

Chewing gum has existed side by side with the human race for around 10,000 years. Today, it helps us to care for our teeth and even lose some weight! However, don’t rush to eat a whole pack of gum in one sitting. We at Bright Side are sure that moderation is a key factor, and even the healthiest things can do more harm than good when used unwisely. So, let’s chew on things that we need to keep in mind. At the end of the article, you can find bonus tips on how to chew gum rationally.

80% to 90% of women may get cellulite at some point in their lives. And although there are many medical ways to treat cellulite, such as laser therapy, cool sculpting, or surgery, they all are quite unpleasant and expensive. And the easiest way to combat those annoying dimples is to invest in a nutritious and healthy diet that will benefit your whole body.

Human spines are supposed to have natural curves, but when there are too many of them, some health problems can occur. Good posture not only provides us with stability and control over our bodies and improves our general appearance, but it also influences the work of our internal organs and nervous system. But we often ignore the discomfort in our backs until really troublesome signs occur.

We love our dogs and somehow they manage to understand us without words. However, sometimes it’s difficult for us to figure out what they’re trying to tell us when they put their paws on us.

The origin and evolution of the human species are taught in classrooms as an event that took place thousands of years ago. The study of this process is addressed as if it belonged to history and not precisely as a biological question. We think that hominization, or human evolution, ended with our ancestors, the Homo rhodesiensis, and we ignore the fact that the human body of today has also undergone adjustments in recent years.

Healthy habits aren’t the only thing that can increase your lifespan, but there are some signs that can indicate that you’ll live a long life. For example, you can have a massive body and eat a lot, but if you don’t have belly fat it may be a big bonus on the way to living to be 100.

We’re used to thinking that our pets make their own weird life decisions. They often do inexplicably stupid things and if they obey our rules, they only do it because we trained them to. But in reality, this is not always the case. Sometimes they show such ingenuity or a very deep understanding of the situation that even their owners cannot immediately understand what’s going on in their heads.

Eating with chopsticks may look like a tough task to take on at first glance, but they’re a blessing in disguise for your metabolism. The way you have to hold them and how they handle the food can make you slow down while you eat, which can be a solution for fitness problems and weight control.

Losing inches around the waist is one of people’s constant struggles. Some have tried everything from exercise to plastic surgery. However, scientists recently discovered that gut flora also plays a part in defining the measurements of this body area, as hard to believe as it may sound.

Obesity is an epidemic, and we all want to escape it. So, if you have put on a few unwanted pounds, the urge to immediately lose them can sometimes cause you to make mistakes. In our over-zealousness and because of all the misinformation flooding the internet, it is very possible that we might unknowingly be committing mistakes, like doing the wrong exercises or eating the wrong things.

Many of us can recall fond memories of our childhood when we’d find creative ways to play with mud. These same people may also have unpleasant memories of their parents reproaching them for being covered in dirt. But to be honest, those parents already knew that their kids were bound to get dirty. Let’s just say it: getting dirty is fun!

Good news for the gym haters: walking is a great workout that has a lot of health benefits for the body. It lowers obesity rates, it’s good for your heart, and it helps fight depression. Walking is gentle enough for people of all body types, so a person of any fitness level can enjoy it while shaping their body, especially their buttocks and legs. Combined together with a couple of simple exercises, it brings results in no time.

The average person cries around 16.5 gallons of tears during their lifetime, according to scientists. However, it seems that people prefer to bottle up their emotions and are sometimes even ashamed of them. But what if we were to tell you that emotional crying is another way to stop you from gaining extra weight? We think that this fact is enough to help us finally find the right exit for the gallons of tears that are buried deep inside our hearts.

For a girl, having a younger sister can be a lot of fun. You can talk about a lot of stuff together and share each other’s clothes. But what if we were to tell you that you risk becoming overweight just because you were born before your sister?

Almost all of us are believers that smartphones have made our lives safer: we can reach our children wherever they are at any minute of the day or night. But since this is not the only function of these devices, they’ve also become a really big part of our children’s life. Childwise, in a new report, found that kids spent around 6.5 hours a day in front of screens. A third of the respondents noted that they couldn’t live without their devices and now scientists are warning us about the consequences of this behavior.